Paying Iran to exacerbate the war so he and his family can over inflate the Pentagon budget even more and then profit from it in perpetuity.

The regime could not care less about us anyone but themselves and certainly not human beings or the planet.

Like when Johnson had an end to Vietnam and Nixon interfered to keep it going so he could be elected. Or when they had the Iranians hold the hostages longer so Reagan could get elected. Or when Obama had a treaty with Iran and Trump interfered.

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Douchebag is looking for relatively easier targets. He might invade Greenland and pull us out of NATO.

Who knew the Middle East was complicated?



I would not be surprised if our allies throw us out of their countries. They can only take so much punishment.

Looks like daddy's money and a slew of lawyers aren't going to help this time. Didn't Iran sign a NDA, why are they still talking?

maybe we should consider someone who's world view wasn't shaped by Little Havana in Miami and Missouri for college in his formative years. Both racism hotbeds.

When I was there, I had dinner with a white government bureaucrat and his black boss. They didn’t even act like there was a difference. Of course, this was over 40 years ago, so I don’t know if there has been any change in attitudes there.

Iran to get back into a deal. Give the man another cabinet position.

I'm shocked. THIS time I was sure it was over. I was even more sure this time than I was the last 73 times they said it was over.

Trump and his goons have lost all credibility.

Before we answer: are we allowed to use fractions?

But your math is dead on!

the last zero?

I meant for 100% to be supremely qualified for the post, and zero to be less qualified than someone whose diplomatic skills equalled those of Lester Maddox

Strong cinnamon tea using apricot marmalade as a sweetener instead of sugar or honey. That tends to put an enlightened smile on anyone west of Russia.

Ever since a Russian once explained to me that in Russia, tea is sweetened with jam instead of sugar, I tried it, and haven’t gone back since. I always wondered how a country with such a great way to sweeten tea could manage to make life so bitter for so many of its own people?

I meant for 100% to be supremely qualified for the post, and zero to be less qualified than someone whose diplomatic skills equalled those of Lester Maddox

Not that I noticed.

of our intelligence and security it's entirely possible that Iran's attacks last night came as a complete surprise.

Netanyahu is just an evil MFer through and through. He thrives on slaughtering people by the thousands and can never get enough. Plus, the continued atrocities ironically keep him out of prison.

Iran gains stature and relative power every day this continues. China and Russia are delighted to see Trump waste 10 years of multibillion-dollar arms production to no real effect. And they are even happier to see the US M-I-C crying for another $2 trillion (over 10 years to keep building these Cold War weapons that have proven utterly ineffective in 2026.) This war has nothing to harm trade between Iran and China -- quite the opposite. Stronger than ever.

And Trump's interest from the start was mostly to distract from Epstein, and to create new opportunities for personal grifts, such as when he took $500M of oil from Venezuela and deposited it into a "special account" in Kuwait, completely outside the US Treasury. Trump still hopes to get a piece of Iran's oil. That isn't looking so great now, but at least it is mostly keeping Epstein off the front pages.

Of the three, Iran and Netanyahu are getting everything they could want. Trump is the biggest loser here.

And who can blame them?

Trump is a megalomaniac whose proclamations are posted on social media with bizarre memes, veering from threats of annihilation to statements that negotiations are near completion and the war (or is it excursion) is essentially over.

Before it started the two sides were in mediation, then "Epic Fury" was suddenly launched. Iran's leader was killed along with many others including ~160 schoolchildren.

Trump simply can't be trusted to negotiate in good faith, and the longer this goes on, the worse it is for him politically and for the US and most of the world economically. Other countries, including our allies whom Trump has already alienated, are blaming him.

Iran is punishing the USA, and it doesn't seem there is much this unhinged incompetent regime can do about it.